One day, Mrs. Hare asked Masha and Bear if they could look after her two little rascals – little bunnies, who were sleeping peacefully in the pram. Masha and the bear agreed. That will be easy, they will be sleeping. And by the time they wake up, their mother will be back from shopping.
But as the sun tickled the bunnies’ whiskers, they opened their eyes and wanted to get out of the pram.
“Hi, bunny, let’s play,” Masha took the bunny and put it in the grass.
She turned to get the picture blocks, but as soon as she looked back, the bunny was no longer there.
“Bunny? Where are you?” she called, looking around.
The bear holding the other bunny pointed his finger toward the woods. Masha saw only the white tail disappearing through the trees. She ran after him. It took her a moment, but she caught up with him.
“You mustn’t run away, rascal. Something might happen to you,” Masha told him on the way, carrying him back to the garden by the bear’s house.
In the middle of the meadow, a second rabbit ran past her, and it was a wonder he didn’t trip over her feet. The bear was right behind him. The bunny also ran away and the bear tried to catch him quickly. He almost caught him, but then he tripped over a tree stump and the bunny got a head start. Eventually, the bear managed to catch him.
The bunnies repeated their escape attempt three more times. Each time, Masha and the bear managed to catch them, but they could hardly catch their breath.
“We should build a pen so they can’t run away,” Masha sighed.
Bear got an idea and immediately started building a huge cage in which they could build an obstacle course for the bunnies out of blocks.
He was done in a minute.
“Wow, that’s amazing! Come and see, bunnies,” Masha clapped enthusiastically. “Bunnies?”
The bunnies were gone again.
“Oh no! We have to find them quickly so something doesn’t happen to them!”
Masha and Bear ran off in the direction the bunnies always ran. They called, they searched, but it was as if the bunnies had disappeared from the face of an earth.
Masha and the bear reached the forest. There they finally saw the bunnies. They were caught in the net!
“What kind of evil man set this trap?” Masha said angrily. But she didn’t have to guess for long, the man soon appeared.
“Look,” the man rubbed his hands, “two little bunnies. You may be small and skinny, but you’ll make good soup.”
The bear became angry and jumped on the poacher. He yelled at him in the bear’s language until the poacher sat on his butt.
Meanwhile, Masha freed the bunnies from the net. And now what about the net? Masha had an idea. She threw it over a poacher who wanted to hunt down the animals in the forest. The bear tied the net and kicked the villain so hard that he flew out of the forest and rolled down the hill straight into town. Who knows how long he would have rolled if he hadn’t stopped by a police car. The police car just opened the door and loaded the poacher. Now he’s gonna face a punishment for setting traps and hurting animals.
Masha and the bear, along with the rescued bunnies, returned to the garden and released the bunnies into the cage. They loved the obstacle course. They ran around and around, jumping over the obstacles and climbing the blocks that Masha and the bear put there. They got so tired that they drank carrot juice and immediately fell asleep in the stroller.
At that moment, Mrs. Hare returned. When she saw how beautifully Masha and the bear played with her children, she rewarded them with a sweet carrot and thanked them very much. And Masha and the bear? Well, as soon as Mrs. Hare had gone home with the pram, they climbed into bed after the hard day and slept harder than any badger in winter.
